Lee rebukes Samsung union over profit-sharing demand, signals govt. intervention

President Lee Jae Myung sharply criticized Samsung Electronics’ labor union over its profit-sharing demands Wednesday, signaling that the government could invoke its emergency arbitration authority if a strike goes ahead.

Lee’s remarks came shortly after Samsung Electronics and its union failed to reach an agreement in a second round of post-mediation talks overseen by the National Labor Relations Commission, a quasi-judicial agency tasked with resolving labor-management disputes.

Speaking at a